Charles J. Fillmore, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of linguistics, died at his home in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

Laura A. Michaelis, Professor and Chair of Linguistics, has been named Charles J. Fillmore Professor for the upcoming Linguistic Society of America (LSA) ... The Fillmore Professorship, established in ...

She's only 5 feet tall, but her 6-foot-2 husband, UC Berkeley linguist Charles Fillmore, has learned enough to step back when his wife sets her mind on something.

Charles “Chuck” Fillmore, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus of linguistics, died Feb. 13 after a two-year fight against brain cancer. He was 84.

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